Been doing some rereading, and I came across a couple of time-stream-alignment problems. Apologies if these have already been pointed out, discussed to death, etc. (1) In _Orca_, we have Kiera meeting briefly with Stony, then hurrying back to the Ugly Blue Cottage, arriving late that afternoon. There she finds Vlad, who tells her what he's been up to. His exploits include a run-in with Stony, leaving him (Stony) in no condition to meet with Kiera thereafter. The implication, though, is that a full night has passed between Vlad's arrival at the cottage after his adventure and his telling the story to Kiera. (2) In _Teckla_ or _Phoenix_, Vlad refers to 'one of Paarfi's "histories" '. (Scare-quotes his.) One of? "The Phoenix Guards" isn't published until the year 309 in Zerika's reign, which is something like 60-70 years after the action in the Vlad books. The implication from the introduction to FHYA is that, previous to TPG, Paarfi had only written one other book -- "Three Broken Strings" -- for popular consumption. And an entirely irrelevant observation: among the scenes that Vlad sees in Morrolan's Window in _Issola_ is an athyra-like bird falling to earth; did this make anyone else think of Ariel in _To Reign in Hell_? - - Matt - -